Nunn-McCurdy process proposed for NNSA in House committees defense bill

Early Wednesday, lawmakers approved an amendment to study use of a Nunn-McCurdy-type oversight process for the National Nuclear Security Administration.

In an uncontroversial en bloc amendment package to the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), Rep. John Garamendi (R-Ca.) proposed that the Nunn-McCurdy Act requirement to keep Congress appraised of major spikes in project costs be applied to the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) the way it is at the Department of Defense.

Garamendi’s amendment, proposed as part of the Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee’s markup of the NDAA, says that the Government Accountability Office must provide a briefing by the end of this year to the full Committee on recommendations for applying this process for the NNSA.